Aquifoliaceae 



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especially on nerves beneath, pale green and lustrous beneath, 

 the petioles 1-2 cm. long; flowers on short spurs, greenish 

 white, about 4 mm. across, the pedicels slender, 6-12 mm. 

 long; calyx 4- to 5-lobed, ciliolate; petals ellipric, about 2.5 mm. 

 long; stamens 4 or 5; fruit globose-ellipsoidal, about 7 mm. 

 long, red, the pyrenes shallowly grooved. Mountains; Hok- 

 kaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu; common. Korea and 



China. Forma pseudomacropoda (Locsen.) Hara. /. 



dubia var. pseudomacropoda Loesen.; /. macropoda var. 



pseudomacropoda (Loesen.) Nakai Ke-n.\shi-ao-h.\da. 



Leaves glabrous beneath. Occurs with the typical phase. 



2. Ilex geniculata Maxim. Furin-ume-modoki. Gla- 

 brous deciduous tree, with grayish brown slender branches; 

 leaves membranous, ellipric, ovate, or oblong, 4-10 cm. long, 

 2.5-5 cm. wide, acuminate or abruptly so, rounded at base, 

 with short obtuse and mucronate teeth on margin, sparsely 

 puberulous on upper side, paler and often spreading-pilose, 

 especially on the nerves beneath, the petioles 7-10 mm. long; 

 flowers white, 1-3 on slender peduncles 2.5-3.5 cm. long, the 

 pedicels 1-2 cm. long; calyx-lobes semirounded, ciliolate; 

 petals about 2 mm. long; stamens shorter than the petals; fruit 

 pendulous, globose, about 4 mm. across, the pyrenes smooth. 

 June-Aug. Mountains; Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu. 



Var. glabra Okuyama. Okuno-furin-ume-modoki. Leaves 

 glabrous beneath. Honshu (n. distr.). 



3. Ilex micrococca Maxim. Tama-mizuki. Glabrous, 

 deciduous tree with rather stout grayish brown branchlets; 

 leaves chartaceous, ovate-oblong or oblong, 8-13 cm. long, 

 3—4.5 cm. wide, abruptly acuminate and somewhat obtuse at 

 tip, rounded to subacute at base, shallowly mucronate-toothed, 

 yellowish green beneath, the costa impressed above, the vein- 

 lets slightly raised beneath, the petioles 2-3 cm. long, reddish; 

 cymes axillary, rather densely many-flowered, the peduncle 

 1-1.5 cm. long; pistillate flowers about 3.5 mm. across; petals 

 and reduced stamens 6-8; drupe globose, short pedicellate, red, 



about 3 mm. across. May. Mountains; Honshu (Totomi, 



Mino, and westw.), Shikoku, Kyushu. 



4. Ilex nipponica Makino. /. spathidata Koidz.; /. 

 nemotoi sensu Ohwi, non Makino; /. serrata var. nipponica 



(Makino) Ohwi Miyama-ume-modoki, Hosoba-ume-mo- 



DOKi. Deciduous shrub widi nearly glabrous branches; 



leaves rather thick-membranous, broadly oblanceolate to obo- 

 vate, 4-13 cm. long, acuminate to rounded at apex, cuneate at 

 base, with short mucronulate scattered teeth, slightly pu- 

 berulous on both surfaces while young, the petioles 8-12 mm. 

 long; pisrillate flowers white, 3-7, clustered, about 0.7 mm. 

 long, about 5 mm. across, on a short peduncle, the pedicels 

 4-8 mm. long; calyx-lobes triangular to semirounded, obtuse, 



ciliolate; fruit globose, red, about 6 mm. across. May-June. 



Wet places in mountains; Honshu (Hokuriku Distr. and 

 northw.). 



5. Ilex serrata Thunb. /. serrata var. sieholdii (Miq.) 

 Rehd.; /. sieholdii Miq.; /. subtilis Miq.; /. serrata var. subtilis 

 (Miq.) Yatabe; /. serrata forma subtilis (Miq.) Ohwi; /. nemo- 

 toi Makino Ume-modoki. Much-branched dioecious shrub 



with slender grayish brown branches puberulous while young; 

 leaves oblong to elliptic or obovate-elliptic, 4-8 cm. long, 

 abruptly acuminate to acute, acute to subcuneate at base, with 

 minute mucronate teeth, puberulous on both surfaces, paler be- 

 neath, the petioles 4-8 mm. long; flowers pale purple to white, 

 about 3.5 mm. across, the pisrillate 1-7, the staminate 7-15, 

 fasciculate on very short axillary peduncles, the pedicels 2-4 



mm. long; fruit red, globose, about 5 mm. long. June. 



Wet places in mountains; Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu; com- 

 mon; variable. 



Var. argutidens (Miq.) Rehd. /. argutidens Miq. Inu- 



UME-MODOKI. Leaves and branches glabrous. With the 



typical phase. 



Frequently culrivated are: Cv. Xanthocarpa. /. serrata 



forma xanthocarpa (Rehd.) Rehd.; /. serrata var. xanthocarpa 



Rehd. KiMi-No-UME-MODOKi. Fruit yellow. Cv. Leu- 



cocarpa. /. serrata forma leucocarpa Beissn. Shiro-ume- 



MODOKi. Fruit white. 



6. Ilex chinensis Sims. /. purpurea Hassk.; /. oldhamii 



Miq.; /. purpurea var. oldhamii (Miq.) Loes. Nanami- 



No-Ki, Naname-no-ki. Nearly glabrous dioecious evergreen 

 tree dark brown when dried, the branches dark gray; leaves 

 rather coriaceous, oblong or narrowly so, 7-12 cm. long, 2.5-5 

 cm. wide, caudately elongate with an acute to subobtuse rip, 

 with scattered short teeth, the petioles 1-1.5 cm. long; in- 

 florescence solitary in axils of the current year's shoots, the 

 peduncles 5-10 mm. long, rather thick and flat, the pedicels 

 2-7, 4-6 mm. long; flowers about 5 mm. across; calyx-lobes 

 semirounded to deltoid, ciliolate; petals slightiy reflexed; 



stamens 4; fruit globose, red, about 6 mm. across. June. 



Mountains and hills: Honshu (Suruga Prov. and westw.), Shi- 

 koku, Kyushu. China. 



7. Ilex sugerokii" Maxim, var. brevipedunculata 

 (Maxim.) S. Y. Hu. /. sugero\i forma brevipedunculata 

 Maxim.; /. sugero\i subsp. brevipedunculata (Maxim.) Ma- 

 kino Akami-no-inu-tsuge. Evergreen shrub with pale 



brown branches and often glaucous branchlets, spreading- 

 puberulent while young: leaves coriaceous, many, ovate, ob- 

 long, or oblong-obovate, 2-3.5 cm. long, 1-2 cm. wide, acute 

 with an obtuse rip, acute to obtuse at base, with short obtuse 

 teeth on upper margin, lustrous, glabrous, deep green above, 

 paler beneath, the midrib slightly raised on both surfaces, the 

 lateral nerves obsolete, the petioles 2-4 mm. long, reddish; 

 inflorescence glabrous, axillary on lower part of the branchlets, 

 the pedicels 1-1.5 cm. long; pisrillate flowers solitary, the 

 staminate 1-3; stamens 4-5; fruit globose, red, about 7 mm. 



across. July. High mountains: Hokkaido, Honshu (centr. 



distr. and northw.) ; locally abundant. 



Var. longipedunculata (Maxim.) Makino. /. sugcrotij 

 forma longipedunculata Maxim.; /. sugero\i subsp. longi- 

 pedunculata (Maxim.) Makino; /. sugerol{i var. longipedi- 



cellata Koidz. Ushi-kaba, Kuro-soyogo, Aburagi. Small 



tree; leaves ellipric, oblong, or ovate, 3-4 cm. long, 1.5-2.5 cm. 



wide; pedicels 2-3 cm. long. July. Honshu (Mikawa and 



Shinano Prov. and westw.). 



8. Ilex crenata Thunb. Celastrus adenophylla Miq.; 



/. crenata var. typica forma genuina Loes. Inu-tsuge. 



Evergreen shrub or small tree with densely and repeatedly 

 ramulose grayish branches, the branchlets minutely puberu- 

 lous; leaves elliptic, oblong, or narrowly obovate, 1.5-3 cm. 

 long, 6-20 mm. wide, acute or obtuse, acute or cuneate at 

 base, with appressed teeth, glabrous, lustrous and deep green 

 above, paler and with scattered sessile pellucid glands beneath, 

 the midrib raised beneath, the lateral nerves obsolete, the 

 petioles 1-5 mm. long, usually puberulous; staminate flowers 



• Spelling "sugerokii" is b.iscd upon the recommendation in the In- 

 ternational Code of Botanical Nomenclature in the use of "ii." The 

 specific name is based on the personal name, Sukcroku Mizutani or 

 Sugcroku Mizutani. 



